james kim

i'm really sad. i didn't know james kim or his san francisco familywho became lost in the woods almost two weeks ago, but i certainly feel like i did. my husband and i hung on to every news update on the missing family of four, and after only a day or two it felt as though they were indeed members of my own clan. i cheered out loud when oregon authorities found kati and daughters sabine and penelope, and, after ending my phone call with matt just a few minutes ago in which he informed me of james kim's death, i cried. i have become attached to the kims somehow, in a fashion totally unlike me. all i know is that these are three strong ladies and they will help each other through this difficult time.


the kim family web page

squirrels at play

i saw a sad thing the other day. normally it would have been funny, see, but then i got to thinking about it and it became rather distressing. i witnessed a squirrel fail an attempted jump from one limb of a tree to another, fall onto a fence and then fall to the ground. pretty funny, right? but then you get to thinking. what do squirrels do all day? jump from tree branch to tree branch. therefore they are most likely pretty darn good at it. well, what happened to this one then? perhaps he was ill? dying? blind in one eye? and all those thoughts depressed me so i went and had a drink. but every time i see that picket fence i wonder about the squirrel- his fate, health and well being.



by the way, i named him marv the one-eyed squirrel.